Francis Whitley

Service Record	From	To
Capetown Castle 4th Officer	2/1963	4/1963
Capetown Castle 3rd Officer	4/1963	6/1963
Hector Hawk 3rd Officer	6/1963	1964
Transvaal Castle 3rd Officer	2/1965	5/1965
Scottish Ptarmigan 2nd Officer	10/1965	1966
Clan MacNair 2nd Officer	8/1966	11/1966
Pendennis Castle Extra 2nd Officer	12/1966	2/1968
Edinburgh Castle 2nd Officer	10/1968	7/1969
SA Oranje 2nd Officer	9/1969	11/1969
Promoted Chief Officer	12/1969
Elizabeth Bowater Chief Officer	1970
Died	29 June 2023	Aged 81

Obituary - British Powerboat Racing Club

Francis Whitley has sadly passed away after a short illness.

The veteran racer competed in the Round the Island race earlier this month and in true form finished the race.

He had been campaigning his Shakespeare / Campbell boat, Fugitive, since the 2008 Round Britain race and had enjoyed an enviable reliability record in the many offshore races he had competed in since.

Not only had he completed every Cowes Torquay Cowes race bar two since 2008, but he also won the 2022 UKOPRA Class 2 Championship.

The club extends its deepest sympathy to Francis’ family.

Born 18-06-1942 – Died 29-06-2023